Oh, for GOD'S SAKE...

[snakebitcat]

Next season, Cookie Monster will start telling kids that cookies are "a sometime food."

I can't put into words exactly why this pisses me off so badly, but JESUS, what a victory for the goddamned Nanny State.

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[wednesday]

On the one hand, eesh.

On the other hand, it's preferable to the heavyhanded routines where Cookie extols the virtues of produce, at length, repeatedly, in song. 'Cause, for fuck's sake, who is he fooling?

[cyndtechgoddess.livejournal.com]

It's wrong. It's like having Keith Richards do a "Rock Against Drugs" commercial.

So how could they have done this better?

As a mom, I can see why they're trying to influence kids that cookies are "a sometime food". Childhood obesity is on the rise, and left unchecked, little kids would rather eat cookies than healthy food. However, they could use the other characters on the show to try and drive this point home to Cookie Monster. This would still give them the "message" while not changing the Cookie Monster we all grew up with.

Next thing you know, they're going to put Oscar the Grouch through Diversity Training. :: groans ::

[mstical1.livejournal.com]

Does this mean he will only be a sometimes monster?

[ursulav.livejournal.com]

Errf.

Yeah, I dunno. Can't put my finger on it, but that kinda rubs me the wrong way, too. I mean...it's COOKIE MONSTER. The point was that cookies made him sort of irrational and crazy. His insanity over the cookie was already enough of a warning, ya know?